Course Options for Certification

Which course is right for you?

There are two course options for Babe Ruth League coaches to earn certification. For each sport there is an introductory course and an advanced course. Both meet the certification requirement. Coaches are free to take either course.

The introductory course is designed for new and inexperienced coaches; those who have never coached before or who are not familiar with the sport.

The advanced course is designed for experienced coaches; those who have coached before and are new to Babe Ruth League and have a strong familiarity with the sport.

The advanced courses are also aimed at Babe Ruth League coaches who have completed the introductory Coaching Youth Baseball or Coaching Youth Softball course to achieve certification and are now looking to further their knowledge as coaches.

To help you in making the decision as to which course is right for you, the table below provides a side-by-side comparison of the content of each course.

Those who've coached before but are new to Babe Ruth League and need certification

Those who've coached before but are new to Babe Ruth League and need certification

Other Audiences

Coaches with little experience who want more information on how to teach players and run a team

Coaches with little experience who want more information on how to teach players and run a team

Babe Ruth coaches who've completed the Coaching Youth Baseball course and want to further their coaching knowledge and ability

Babe Ruth coaches who've completed the Coaching Youth Softball course and want to further their coaching knowledge and ability

Price

$19.95

$19.95

$24.95

$24.95

Meets certification requirements?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Content

Developing a coaching philosophy

✓

✓

Communicating with players

✓

✓

Sport first aid

✓

✓

✓

✓

Teaching technical skills

✓

✓

✓(advanced level)

✓(advanced level)

Teaching tactical skills

✓

✓

✓(advanced level)

✓(advanced level)

Season, practice, and game-day planning and coaching

✓

✓

✓(advanced level)

✓(advanced level)

Coaching methodologies (traditional vs. games approach)

✓

✓

✓

✓

Course Features

Reading (PDFs)

✓

✓

✓

✓

Audio

✓

✓

✓

✓

Video

✓

✓

Interactive exercises (Flash animation)

✓

✓

✓

✓

Unit quizzes

✓

✓

✓

✓

Course test

✓(30 questions)

✓(30 questions)

✓(40 questions)

✓(40 questions)

Course length

2-3 hours

2-3 hours

6-8 hours

6-8 hours

Babe Ruth League, Inc., Ripken Baseball, Inc. and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, Inc., their affiliates and their respective officers and agents cannot control who goes through the certification process as it is open to all interested coaches. Babe Ruth League, Inc. requires all of its coaches to have background checks. First Advantage is the official background check company for Babe Ruth League, Inc. Contact Monique Tuff from First Advantage at monique.tuff@fadv.com for how your local league can be set up to perform checks for your local league volunteers.